Winter Girl, A
Genre: Coming of Age, Drama
Logline:
Charlotte, a fifteen year old runaway, meets an ex-con on a bus and falls in love. Two thousand miles later, she realizes . . . there's no place like home.
Synopsis:
Two days before Christmas, fifteen-year-old Charlotte jumps on a prairie bus bound for Vancouver. She's running off to marry her sweetheart from Grade Nine. But on the bus she falls for Noel, pale and edgy from spending the last seven years in prison. He's bound to get back what he left behind.
As Charlotte runs away from her parents, Noel hopelessly searches for his. But they're not where he left them and nowhere to be found. Charlotte's determined to help, but adds to Noel's confusion by throwing her useful wiles in his path.
Charlotte soon learns she's not the only one with eyes for Noel. Jean, a woman dressed in black, also rides the bus, looking for her match. She's waiting to snap up Noel just when things are starting to get hot. Charlotte soldiers on, despite a confrontation with her Grandfather who's been searching the prairie bus stops for her. 'Two thousand miles later, she realizes what she's known, and needed, all along.
Author Info:
GLYNIS DAVIES is an actress living in Vancouver. Her writing credits include Revisited, a 24 minute drama nominated for a Genie Award (2000) for Best Live Action Short, and a LEO (1999) for Best Screenwriting. Revisited, a 24 minute drama nominated for a Genie Award (2000) for Best Live Action Short, and a LEO (1999) for Best Screenwriting. Lift, another live action short nominated for a LEO (2001) for Best Screenwriting. Her second feature Desolation Sound was produced by Sleepwalker Films, Mary Anne Waterhouse in 2004, Directed by Scott Weber, starring Helene Joy, Jennifer Beals, Ed Begley Jr. Lothaire Bluteau and Ian Tracy. A Winter Girl was a semi-finalist at Sundance and in the Chesterfield Screenwriting Competition.
GLYNIS DAVIES, Writer
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